Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu. narrated by Louisa Thornton. Chapter 13 - The Woodman

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The Classic Vampire Story - Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu Narrated by Louisa Thornton Chapter 13 â The Woodman An excerpt from Chapter 13 of Le Fanuâs novel â "My dear child began to lose her looks and health, and that in a manner so mysterious, and even horrible, that I became thoroughly frightened. "She was at first visited by appalling dreams; then, as she fancied, by a specter, sometimes resembling Millarca, sometimes in the shape of a beast, indistinctly seen, walking round the foot of her bed, from side to side. "Lastly came sensations. One, not unpleasant, but very peculiar, she said, resembled the flow of an icy stream against her breast. At a later time, she felt something like a pair of large needles pierce her, a little below the throat, with a very sharp pain. A few nights after, followed a gradual and convulsive sense of strangulation; then came unconsciousness." Introducing, as Laura, the narrator of Carmilla Louisa Thornton A talented and versatile performer, Louisaâs theatre credits include lead roles in Sharman McDonaldâs When We Were Women, Liz Locheadâs Perfect Days and Muriel Sparkâs The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Louisa has also performed in previous productions for Radio Theatre Group, most recently, as the deadly femme fatale Cora Papadakis in The Postman Always Rings Twice and in 2004, as Red Riding Hood in A Company of Wolves.

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